Chapter 396: Hunting Tournament
As spiritual energy from heaven and earth poured in without end, the sea of qi in Ye Yun's dantian transformed into a Spirit Sea at astonishing speed.
He did not know how much time had passed before the gathered spiritual energy slowly dispersed and his aura gradually settled.
With that, the breakthrough came to a perfect end. Ye Yun had successfully advanced from the Elixir Core stage to the Spirit Sea Realm.
The Spirit Sea Realm was a crucial stage on the path of martial cultivation.
Only warriors who reached the Spirit Sea Realm could be called powerful.
Moreover, as their strength grew, so did their lifespan.
An ordinary Spirit Sea Realm warrior could live to five hundred years old, provided disaster and illness did not strike.
Those who cultivated techniques for prolonging life might even reach six hundred.
For that very reason, cultivation in the Spirit Sea Realm became all the more difficult.
Cultivating in the Spirit Sea Realm meant filling the Spirit Sea.
Each strand of spiritual power could be born only by combining a strand of True Essence with a strand of mental energy.
True Essence was relatively easy to come by. Mental energy, however, was a problem every warrior had to face.
Even with a technique for cultivating it, mental energy grew very slowly.
Many Spirit Sea Realm warriors missed their best chance to advance because their mental energy grew too slowly, and they never succeeded in breaking through before they died.
At the thought, Ye Yun felt an even stronger urge to deepen his understanding of Lunar Force.
The higher his mastery of Lunar Force, the more easily he could tap into the Lunar Power hidden within him.
After slowly letting out a breath, Ye Yun rose to his feet.
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